Draft-beam.



No. 649,206. Patented May 8, I900. B. HA-SKELL.

DRAFT BEAM.

(Application filed Feb. 5, 1900.}

(No Model.)

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DRAFT-BEAM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 649,206, dated May 8, 1900. Application filed February 5, 1900- Serial No. 3,955. (No model.)

'the advantages of strength, lightness, and

simplicity and which shall be of comparatively-inexpensive construction and be readily applicable in connection with car-frames of the ordinary type.

- To this end myinvention, generally stated, consists in certain novel combinations, comprising two sheet or plate metal draft-beam side members of channel-section, cross-ties connected to the side members, distancepieces interposed between the webs of the opposite side members, draw-bar stops or draft-lugs connected to and engaging openings in the side members, and compressionplates of channel-section interposed between the flanges of the side members.

The improvement claimed is hereinafter fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a Vertical longitudinal central section through a portion of a railroad-car frame, illustrating an embodiment of my invention; Fig. 2, a plan or top view of the draft-beam structure; Fig. 3, a view partly in section at the line a a of Fig. 1 and partly in front elevation; Fig. 4, a plan view, on an enlarged scale, of a draft-lug; and Fig. 5, a view in elevation of the same.

,In the practice of my invention I provide two sheet or plate metal draft-beam side members 1 1, which are pressed or shaped in a die or mold into channel -section, their upper flanges being adapted to abut against the lower sides of the center sills 2 of a car-frame, to which they are secured by bolts 3, passing through the upper and lower flanges of the side members and through compression-plates.

side of the dead-wood 6, to which they are connected by bolts 7, passing through their flanges and through a carry-iron 8. The carryiron passes through openings in the webs of the side members and is bent upwardly to fit against the dead-wood 6 by flat portions at and adjacent to its'ends, which flat portions are secured to the dead-wood by bolts 9. The carry-iron may thus be depended upon to support the weight of the draw-bar without strain upon the bolts which connect the side members to the sills, and it is also connected to the dead-Wood independently of the side members by bolts 10. The bolts 7 pass through sockets 11, which are connectedto the webs of the side members and serve as distance-pieces between their flanges, and the bolts 10 pass through sockets 12, connected to the innersides of the webs of the side members and serving as distance-pieces between the bottom portion of the carry iron and the dead-wood.

While I have herein illustrated the carry- .iron as connected to the dead-wood, which is other by tie-bars 13 13, each of which is secured to them by two of the longer bolts 3, which pass through both flanges of the side members and through the center sills 2 and are also connected, between their rear ends and the tie-bars 13, by distance-pieces 14, having end flanges which abut against and are riveted to the webs of the side members. Two of the compression-plates 4 before described are interposed between and riveted to the flanges of the side members at and adjacent to their rear ends, their webs being set outwardly, so as to form box-sections simiformed of plate or sheet metal pressed or.

molded into the form shown in Figs. 4 and 5-that is to say, having a flat body portion which abuts against and. is riveted to the inner side of the web of a side member, an abutment-plate 16 to serve as a stop for a follower-plate of the draft-gear, upper and lower flanges 16 for the attachment of a followerplate guide and a follower-plate support, and a tongue 16, which engages an opening in the web of the adjacent side member. The drawbar stops 16 are riveted to the side members at a proper distance from their front ends to accommodate the draft-gear,and their tongues are engaged with the openings in the side members, thereby proportionately relieving strain on the rivets. A follower-plate guide 17 is riveted to the upper flanges of the drawbar stops of each side member, and a followerplate support 18 is connected by bolts 19 to the lower flanges of said draw-bar stops. The draw-gear is fitted between the draw-bar stops,- guides, and supports in the ordinary manner.

1 My improvement provides a draft-beam structure which is composed entirely of wrought metal and which may be readily and inexpensively assembled and firmly connect-- ed to the sills of an ordinary car-frame. The members of the structure are also rigidly connected one to the other, and by the removal of the supports 1S'the draw-gear may be indraft-beam side member, of channel-section, and a compression-plate or distance-piece, of channel-section, interposcd'between and connected to the flanges of the side member and forming therewith a rectangular or box section for a portion only of its length.

' 2. The combination, with a car-frame, of a sheet or plate metal draft-beam side member, of channel-section, compression-plates or distame-pieces, of channel-section, interposed between the flanges of the side member and forming therewith rectangular or box sections at detached portions of its length, and bolts passing through the distance-pieces and the flanges of the side member, and connecting the same to the car-frame.

3. The combination, with a car-frame, of two sheet or plate metal side frame members, of channel-section, distance-pieces of channel-section interposed between and connected to the webs of the side members, and trans verse tie-bars connected to the lower flanges of the side members.

4. The combination, with a car-frame, of two sheet or plate metal side frame members, of channel section, a carry -iron passing through openings in the webs of the side members,bolts connecting the carry-iron to a trans verse end member of the frameindependently of the side members, and bolts connecting the side members to the center sills of the frame independently of the carry-iron.

5. The combination, with a car-frame, of two sheet or plate metal side frame members, of channel-section, distance-pieces of channel-section interposed between and connected to the webs of the side members at and near their inner ends, a body-bolster having upper and lower plates fitting against the flanges of the distance pieces, and bolts passing through the bolster-plates and the flanges of the distance-pieces and connecting the same to the car-frame.

BRODERICK HASKELL.

Witnesses:

O. A. GARDNER, W. G. '1. HENDRA. 

